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November 24, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com

Events:
-- December 10 - Human Rights Day - public events in Washington DC and Nuremberg Germany
-- private events in NYC and Los Angeles
-- R.E.A.L.-hosted Press Conference at DC National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW 13th Floor, Zenger Room - 12:30 - 2:45 PM- December 10
-- DC Freedom Plaza - Public Awareness Outreach - 4 - 6 PM - December 10
http://www.realcourage.org/december_10/

-- Press Release: DC December 10 News Conference on Human Rights
http://www.realcourage.org/news-conference/
http://npc.press.org/calendar/calendarday.cfm?whatday=10&&whatyear=2009&&whatmonth=12
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/news_conference.html

Newslinks:

Popular Jihadist Forum: We Hope Other Muslims in the U.S. Army Will Take Nidal Hasan as a Role Model
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD266709

(U.S.) Minnesota man pleads not guilty in Somali terror probe - Omer Abdi Mohamed
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ghoabVp0OzgdNAhrdglTlyAdcHQwD9C616KO0

(U.S.) Minnesota: U.S. says men ran terror network
-- "The newly named suspects make up one of the largest alleged terrorist networks in the United States since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, analysts said"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/23/AR2009112303999.html

(U.S.) Texas/Virginia: Fort Hood probe brings mosque unwanted attention
-- Islamic Center of Greater Killeen, TX and Dar al-Hijrah, a Falls Church mosque in VA
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/23/AR2009112303635.html?hpid=sec-religion

(U.S.) Philadelphia: Grand Jury Indicts 4 Men for Alleged Plot to Support Hezbollah
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,576705,00.html?test=latestnews

(U.S.) New York rally planned to protest 9/11 trial -- December 5
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_guantanamo_newyork_trial

(U.S.) NYC: Khalid Sheik Mohammed claims terrorism equals war
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091124/terror_khalid_091124/20091124?hub=World

(U.S.) NYC: Uncle follows nephew to NYC court for terror trial
-- AP: "Khalid Sheik Mohammed has acknowledged doing what his nephew Ramzi Yousef couldn't: toppling the World Trade Center towers."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jVXo9Cpc4qkuan9lw-WtK1Eu0FxQD9C630401

(Pakistan) Gunmen torch 4 NATO vehicles in Jafarabad
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\25\story_25-11-2009_pg7_7

(Pakistan) FATA: Big Pakistan offensive has failed to nab any Taliban leaders
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/79478.html
-- Taliban fighters escape Pakistani offensive, but to where?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091124/wl_mcclatchy/3364464_1

(Pakistan) FATA: "33 Taliban killed in military operation"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\25\story_25-11-2009_pg7_6
-- "15 militants killed in Pak's Khyber tribal region"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/15-militants-killed-in-Paks-Khyber-tribal-region/articleshow/5264077.cms

(Pakistan) Political crisis roils Pakistan as Taliban loom
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PAKISTAN_TURBULENT_POLITICS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-11-24-12-27-17

Pakistani officials: 5 army officers detained -- Lashkar-e-Taiba links?
-- "Five Pakistani army officers have been detained for questioning over possible links to two U.S. terror suspects accused of plotting an armed attack on a Danish newspaper, intelligence officials said Tuesday"
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iGVd-1YTntqd9GATyRcGeA10j6BgD9C5T9100
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\25\story_25-11-2009_pg7_2

(Pakistan/India/U.S.) David Headley's Harakat-ul-Jihad-Islami (HuJI) partner may be detained in Pakistan -- Ilyas Kashmiri
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Headleys-HuJI-partner-may-be-detained-in-Pak/articleshow/5262778.cms
-- October 26, 2009: Top Qaida leader, presumed dead, promises more attacks against India, west -- Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami (HuJI)'s Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Top-Qaida-leader-presumed-dead-promises-more-attacks-against-India-west/articleshow/5169724.cms
-- October 15, 2009: Asia Times does interview with Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri - previously believed to be killed
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KJ15Df03.html

(Pakistan/U.S.) Christine Fair: ($15 billion later...) "it is now obvious... that the Pakistan government is part of the problem of international terrorism"
-- the support of Pakistan ISI and relations with Taliban "has forced many analysts and policy makers to acknowledge that Pakistan is unlikely ever to abandon terrorism as a tool of foreign policy even while domestic terrorists tear at the fabric of the state"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704779704574552581090014784.html

(Pakistan/U.S.) Hizb ut-Tahrir protests against "American influence" -- Lahore
http://bit.ly/73LYfH

(Pakistan/U.S.) US president says Pakistan has made progress in fight against terrorism
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\25\story_25-11-2009_pg7_1

Afghanistan: Bomb kills 6 family members in eastern Afghanistan
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD9C5SPI00

Afghanistan: Children killed in bomb attack in Khost
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4032192828

Afghanistan: U.S. Special Envoy Holbrooke on Islamic Supremacist Taliban: U.S. Does Not Seek "A Perfect Democracy" - Room for Taliban to Rejoin 'Political Fabric"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/11/holbrooke-surrender-on-taliban/
-- Der Spiegel: Holbrooke: 'We're Not in Afghanistan to Build a Perfect Democracy'
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,662787,00.html
-- Taliban acceptable if they renounce Qaeda: Holbrooke
-- "Taliban can rejoin the 'social and political fabric of Afghanistan' if they renounce Al Qaeda, US special envoy Richard Holbrooke said on Tuesday."
-- "In an interview with SPIEGEL, Holbrooke said, 'Majority of Taliban do not support Mullah Omar’s extreme views and that there is room for them to rejoin the social and political fabric of Afghanistan if they renounce Al Qaeda and reintegrate peacefully into Afghanistan. And that is a major part' of the Unites States policies."
-- "He said Washington was not seeking to destroy 'every person who supports the Taliban' "
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\25\story_25-11-2009_pg7_4

(Afghanistan / U.S.) US confirms Saudi role in talks with Taliban
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/06-us-confirms-saudi-role-in-talks-with-taliban-rs-06

(Afghanistan / U.S.) Washington Post's David Ignatius: "everybody thinks this is a good idea... sometime"
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/11/peace_negotiations_with_the_ta.html

(Afghanistan / U.S.) Obama to 'Finish the Job' in Afghanistan; Decision to Come on Dec. 1
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/23/obama-lock-afghanistan-decision/?test=latestnews

(Afghanistan / U.S.) Pentagon preparing to send 34,000 troops to Afghanistan, official says
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/24/us.afghanistan/index.html
-- Obama plans to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/79380.html?storylink=omni_popular
http://bit.ly/5owefD
-- US expects NATO to join troop buildup, Pentagon says
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6647574/US-expects-Nato-to-join-troop-buildup-Pentagon-says.html

(Afghanistan) Wooing of Taliban fighters is dangerous game
-- Authorities struggle to turn militants into trusted government agents
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34132089/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

(Afghanistan) Recruiting Afghan Soldiers a Struggle
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/24/eveningnews/main5765339.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsEveningNews+%28CBS+Evening+News%3ACBSNews.com%29

(Afghanistan) Video: Taliban winning war of perceptions
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34138259#34138259

(Afghanistan / UK ) Defense Secretary criticizes Obama over Afghanistan -- Bob Ainsworth
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6646179/Bob-Ainsworth-criticises-Barack-Obama-over-Afghanistan.html

(Iraq) U.S. offers $5 million reward for 'Bomb Man'
-- Palestinian bomb-maker "Abu Ibrahim, whose real name is Husayn Muhammed al-Umari, stands accused of a spate of bombings in the 1980s."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34132680/ns/us_news-security/

(Iraq) Bomb attack halts Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline
http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSGEE5AN1DM

(Iraq) Sunni imams killed in Iraq 'sticky bomb' attacks
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jHnQKppfDmclRZS1AeDXtKFkYP2Q

(UK) Ban intercept evidence in terror trials, advises Lord Carlile
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/24/terror-review-intercept-evidence-carlile

(Iran) Russia, China join other powers in readying Iran resolution
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1259010971653&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) Against Backdrop of Clashes with the West Over Its Nuclear Program and the War in Yemen, Iran Tries to Instigate Rioting in Saudi Arabia During Hajj
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA56709

Iran taunts US and Israel
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6646115/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-US-and-Israel-dont-have-the-courage-to-attack-Iran.html

Egypt: "Muslim Mob" of 3,000 – Mob Attacks Christian Businesses, Individuals — Rioting Spreads in Upper Egypt
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/11/egypt-mob-attacks-copts/
-- AINA reports on mob violence against Coptic Christians in Farshoot and Abou Shousha
http://www.aina.org/news/20091123162710.htm
http://www.aina.org/news/20091121211751.htm

Somalia: "Islamic Extremists Execute Young Convert in Somalia"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/11/somalia-islamic-extremists-execute-young-convert-in-somalia/
-- Compass Daily News: "Christian accused of trying to convert Muslim teenager found shot on Mogadishu street."
-- "Islamic extremists controlling part of the Somali capital of Mogadishu this month executed a young Christian they accused of trying to convert a 15-year-old Muslim to Christianity."
-- "Members of the Islamic extremist group al Shabaab had taken 23-year-old Mumin Abdikarim Yusuf into custody on Oct. 28 after the 15-year-old boy reported him to the militants, an area source told Compass. Yusuf’s body was found on Nov. 14 on an empty residential street in Mogadishu, with sources saying the convert from Islam was shot to death, probably some hours before dawn."
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/somalia/11836/

Sudan: U.N. Chief Warns of Increasing Darfur Threats
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,576491,00.html

(Benin) Pirates Attack Oil Tanker Off Africa's West Coast
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,576591,00.html

(Europe) Hamas site encourages Europe attacks
-- "Study finds Al Fateh site incites children to commit suicide bombings in Germany, all over Europe"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1259010973274&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Tajikistan: Moscow Police Arrest Alleged Islamic Militants
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/news/articles/eav112409a.shtml

Russia: Faith leaders call for calm as murdered priest is buried
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/faith-leaders-call-for-calm-as-murdered-priest-is-buried-1826451.html

(Spain) Police arrest 36 members of youth arm of ETA
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/6645314/Police-arrest-36-members-of-youth-arm-of-terrorist-group-Eta-in-Basque-region.html

(Canada) Alleged Hezbollah cell sold Canadian passport: FBI
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2261812
-- November 18, 2009: Charity sending money to Canada is an Iranian front: U.S.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2234603
-- November 12, 2009: Syrian carrying $880,000, Hezbollah ring, 9/11 videos, stopped at Canadian border
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2216482

(Philippines) Five dead in southern Philippines clash -- "linked to rouge Muslim rebels"
- five year old girl killed
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6820355.html

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Canada: "Don't dismiss honour killing claim: judge" -- Roohi Tabassum case
National Post reports:
-- "A Federal Court judge has ordered the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration to consider the credibility of a woman's claim that she will be the victim of an "honour killing" if deported to her home country of Pakistan."
-- "Justice Michael Kelen found that an immigration officer reviewing evidence in the case of Roohi Tabassum, a 44-year-old Mississauga hair stylist who has been fighting to stay in Canada since 2001, made a mistake by characterizing as "not threatening" letters purportedly from Ms. Tabassum's husband in which he promised to "finish" Ms. Tabassum if she returned to Pakistan."
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2258041
-- Canada immigration, discrimination of honour
http://www.examiner.com/x-29795-Vancouver-Social-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d24-Canada-immigration-discrimination

Pakistan: Man booked for throwing acid on ex-wife
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\25\story_25-11-2009_pg12_7

Phyllis Chesler: "Under the Islamic Veil: Faces Disfigured By Acid"
http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/11/23/under-the-islamic-veil-faces-disfigured-by-acid/
-- Terrorism that's personal
http://blogs.tampabay.com/photo/2009/11/terrorism-thats-personal.html
-- November 30, 2008: "Terrorism That's Personal"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/opinion/30kristof.html?_r=1

Other News:

(U.S.) "Cause Celebre Islam: Racism, Revolution, Black Nationalism" -- by Madeleine Gruen
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/11/cause_celebre_islam_racism_revolution_black_nationalism.php
http://www.defenddemocracy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11787279&Itemid=343
--- see also: October 29, 2009 - Michigan: Imam Called for Attacks on FBI, Washington DC, Police - Sought Hate, Violence Against Non-Muslims
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/detroit-imam-called-for-jihad-on-usa/

(U.S./Saudi Arabia) "Why is America Still Allied with Saudi Arabia?" - by Phyllis Chesler
http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/11/24/why-is-america-still-allied-with-saudi-arabia/

(U.S.) "Free speech suppressed at Columbia, Princeton" - Nonie Darwish
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=116982

(U.S.) Seattle: "Best Buy Ad Noting Muslim Holiday Draws Mixed Response"
http://www.eandppub.com/2009/11/best-buy-ad-noting-muslim-holiday-draws-mixed-response.html

(U.S.) "Muhammad Ali, 50 years later: Champion of interfaith understanding?"
-- "Muhammad Ali was once a black supremacist whose mentors were Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad, founder of the Nation of Islam."
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/Religion/post/2009/11/muhammad-ali-now-a-champion-of-peace-interfaith-understanding/1

(U.S.) Florida Students Suspended for 'Kick a Jew Day'
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,576688,00.html?test=latestnews

Norway: Muslims need a state of their own, says Krekar
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/11/norway-muslims-need-state-of-their-own.html

(Malaysia) Conversion to Islam allegation questioned - woman fighting to establish she is a Hindu
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/25/nation/5176472&sec=nation

Canadian commentator caught in UN controversy - Anne Bayefsky
http://www.canada.com/news/Canadian+commentator+caught+controversy/2261899/story.html

Iran: Student stuns Iran by criticizing supreme leader -- Mahmoud Vahidnia
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gA30yThqLX6xY9fjOjKxU6E-oWowD9BPL8V80

Islamic banks launch standard wakala agreement, eye uniformity
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/11/24/afx7152950.html

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China: Church Defies Police to Worship
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/11/communist-china-church-defies-police-to-worship/
-- ChinaAid reports: "500 Wanbang Church Members Meet Despite Leaders' Detentions"
-- "SHANGHAI--On Sunday, November 22, Wanbang church pastors Cui Quan, Cui Longguo, Liu Quanqin, and Huang Yun were detained for over 8 hours and interrogated for allegedly "engaging in illegal organization and activities." Two church deacons, Piao Longyi and Shi Weidong, were detained over Saturday night to prevent them from leading worship. Despite the detention of their leaders, over 500 dedicated church members assembled outdoors to hold the two scheduled morning worship services. Police tried to intimidate members and prevent them from worshipping, but they stood their ground and refused to stop singing. Shanghai PSB officers have interrogated and detained many of the 2,000 members of Wanbang Missionary Church, but the church continues to meet."
-- "Senior Pastor Cui Quan and the three other pastors were detained for over 8 hours to prevent their attendance. They were released at 2:30 PM on Sunday, Nov. 22. Pastor Liu Quanqin is still in discussion with the PSB station about the injury to his fingers and damage to his personal property, inflicted by the officers."
-- "Despite the detention of their leaders, over 500 dedicated church members assembled outdoors to hold the two scheduled morning worship services. Local authorities reportedly tried to intimidate members and prevent them from attending with threats, but were unsuccessful. Church members refused to stop singing and worshipping. This Sunday's thwarted attempt to prevent worship was preceded by last weeks video-taped surveillance of the church's meeting in the park."
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1341&month=11&year=2009&_nc=887ac40b22a1ffcbf8f62481a484d0d5

Against Nazi News:

Canada: Nazi Wanted for Attempted Murder in Bombing - in Calgary
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/11/canada-nazi-wanted-for-attempted-murder-in-bombing-in-calgary/
-- Calgary Sun report:
-- "Kyle Robert McKee is wanted for attempted murder in connection to two bomb blasts over the weekend."
-- "City police are seeking the public's assistance in nabbing two men, one of them a known Neo-Nazi, wanted for attempted murder, in connection to bomb blasts over the weekend."
-- "The bombs exploded in a large parking lot located between two apartment complexes in the 5300 block of Rundlehorn Dr. N.E. last Saturday morning, after a resident in one of the apartments found the devices and threw them out of his balcony."
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2009/11/23/11889836.html

Canada: Feud between white supremacists believed behind weekend bomb attack
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Feud+between+white+supremacists+believed+behind+bomb+attack/2260468/story.html

Former German athlete has high jump record restored 73 years after it was erased by the Nazis because she was Jewish
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1230542/Former-German-athlete-high-jump-record-restored-73-years-erased-Nazis.html

Against Racial Supremacism:

Indiana school paper runs ad for supremacist group
-- Chicago Tribune: "The ad in Friday's edition of Carmel High School's HiLite newspaper, which promoted free music downloads, directed students to a Web site with anti-Semitic information, downloads of a neo-Nazi novel and the writings of a former Ku Klux Klan leader."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-school-supremacis,0,780942.story

Georgia: 'KKK' Vandalism on Four Family Cars
http://www2.wrbl.com/rbl/news/local/article/kkk_vandalism_on_four_family_cars/111197/

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